Category: Government

I have always believed that Trump will go down in history as the most corrupt president EVER. This is just one more example. But here’s the bigger question: Who sets ethical standards for Presidents? Why aren’t there ethics standards already

Well, here we go again, racing down the rabbit hole of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution for at least the 2nd time during this president’s 11 months in office. Back in August 2017, I blogged “How to

Yesterday Michael Wolff’s new book, “Fire and Fury” dropped out of the sky like a bombshell and has been, sometimes, the only news story in town. If you’re not familiar with the controversial book, Mr. Wolff claims to have conducted

Now that the Congress has sent their enormous tax cut bill to the president’s desk where it will no doubt be signed soon, one has to wonder what the media will dangle in front of us to distract us from

Republican members of Congress have shown they will do anything, anything, to pass a single piece of major legislation. The monstrosity that passes for their tax cuts and job creation bill could not be a clearer example. In case you

A day after Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, criticized the United States government’s inadequate response to hurricane disaster relief in Puerto Rico, the president turned the matter into a personal one, lashing out via Twitter as probably

Immediately following the aftermath wrought by hurricane Harvey in Texas and Irma in Florida, the Trump administration raced to provide disaster relief to the afflicted areas. So why has it taken 9 days to a) appoint a 3 star general

The August 16, 2012, issue of Rolling Stone Magazine contained an article written by staff writer Joe Hagan entitled, “The Long, Lawless Ride of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.” The full text of that article can be read here. This blog post

Edited August 26, 2017. Remember the “birtherism movement” going back many years? Claiming that Obama, a black man of mixed heritage whose mother was born in Kenya, was not entitled to be president because he could not prove that he

Impeachment: In a previous blog post, I posted a video by Robert Reich on the 10 steps necessary to impeach a president. Watch that video here. And let’s just remember for a moment that voting for articles of impeachment is